From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12921 invoked by alias); 24 Apr 2012 15:02:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 12576 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Apr 2012 15:01:51 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.83/v0.83-20-g38e4449) with ESMTP; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:01:37 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 62FB52C4983; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:01:35 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:02:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Updated: ed-1.6-1 Message-ID: <20120424150135.GL25385@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A6E685C19@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <20120423231645.GA7150@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4F95E986.4000208@users.sourceforge.net> <20120424143552.GA24900@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120424143552.GA24900@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2012-q2/txt/msg00013.txt.bz2 On Apr 24 10:35, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 06:26:00AM -0400, Chris Sutcliffe wrote: > >On 23 April 2012 19:45, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > >> On 2012-04-23 18:16, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>> > >>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 06:44:23PM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) > >>> [E] wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Christopher Faylor wrote on Sunday, April 22, 2012 4:59 PM > >>>>> > >>>>> I've made a new version of ed available for installation. ?This version > >>>>> is a refresh from the currently released FSF version of this package. > >>>> > >>>> They're still updating ed!?!?! > >>> > >>> Heh. > >>> > >>> I was pretty surprised too. ?I couldn't believe I'd missed several > >>> revisions. > >>> > >>> Who in the world still uses ed? > >> > >> http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/misc/dindex/sys-apps/ed > >> http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/misc/rindex/sys-apps/ed > > > >The mksh testsuite requires ed to run successfully as well. > > I think Barry expressed my incredulity a little more clearly. > > I can believe that there are old configure scripts out there still using > ed but it's hard to believe that people are still uncovering enough > problems with ed to warrant multiple new releases. Maybe it's just some code cleanup to convert ed into a ful-fledged GUI editor... Corinna